By Tim Mandese, Cowboy State Daily.
Wyoming’s active coronavirus case total decreased by 285 on Monday.
Wyoming Department of Health figures showed that the department received reports of 1,060 recoveries among those with confirmed or probable cases Tuesday.
At the same time, the state reported 566 new laboratory-confirmed and 234 new probable cases, leaving Wyoming with 5,224 active cases for Monday
Six counties had more than 300 active cases, nine had more than 200 and 13 had more than 100. Laramie had 1,125 cases; Natrona 723; Fremont 578; Campbell 489; Sweetwater 407; Sheridan 315; Albany 286; Teton 201; Carbon 158; Park 143; Goshen 118; Lincoln 105; Uinta 83; Sublette and Washakie 75; Johnson 62; Converse 61; Weston 57; Crook 52; Hot Springs 36; Platte 35; Big Horn had 32, while Niobrara reported eight.
Active cases are determined by adding the total confirmed and probable coronavirus cases diagnosed since the illness first surfaced in Wyoming on March 12, 2020, subtracting the number of recoveries during the same period among patients with both confirmed and probable cases and taking into account the number of deaths attributed to the illness.
The new confirmed and probable cases brought to 147,305 the number of people diagnosed with coronavirus since the first case was detected in Wyoming in March 2020. Of those, 140,431 have recovered.
